SWING PISTON COMPRESSORS AND DATA SHEET E 305

VACUUM PUMPS FOR AIR

NPK 018 DC

Concept Features Areas of use

The swing piston pumps from KNF are
based on a simple principle: As it rises
and falls the piston tilts irst to one side,
then the other. The compression forces
act along the axis of the connecting rod,
so that there is no component of force
acting against the cylinder wall to cause
wear. Thanks to the sealing lip on the
piston seal the swing piston pump runs
dry, and 100% oil-free. KNF swing piston
pumps evacuate, transfer and compress
air without contamination.
For customers with speciic require-
ments the KNF project team produces
tailor made solutions. Use our experi-
ence to your advantage and talk to our
application engineers.
No contamination of the air due to
oil-free operation
Maintenance-free
High level of low-rate
Excellent price performance ratio
Very quiet and little vibration
Ready for installation
Can operate in any installed position
The swing piston pumps offer a high
level of performance despite their small
size, as well as an excellent price per-
formance ratio. They are used especially
in the ields of medicine, environmental
and production technology.
These pumps are used for transfer-
ring, compressing and evacuating air,
taking samples, evacuating vessels and
compressing air in process systems and
vessels.

PERFORMANCE DATA
Type Delivery Vacuum Pressure Weight
pressure

(l/min) (mbar absolute) (bar g) (kg)

atm.

NPK 018 Vacuum DC 18 120 1.9

NPK 018 Pressure DC 18 1.5 1.9
 NPK 018 DC
PERFORMANCE DATA
Type Delivery Max. operating Ultimate
at atm. pressure pressure vacuum
(l/min)1) (bar g) (mbar abs.)
NPK 018 Vacuum DC 18 - 120
NPK 018 Pressure DC 18 1.5 -
1)
Liter at STP

MOTOR DATA
DC motor 12 V 24 V

for tube ID 6

black
red

NPK 018 VACUUM DC NPK 018 PRESSURE DC

Vacuum atm. pressure atm. pressure pressure
Flow capacity l/min
Flow capacity l/min

(Liter at STP)
(Liter at STP)

- - - - for short periods only

mbar bar
HINTS ON FUNCTION AND INSTALLATION
Function of KNF swing piston
vacuum pumps and compres-
sors
As it rises and falls the piston tilts irst to
one side, then the other (see igure 1).
Just as with the diaphragm pump, the
compression forces act along the axis of
the connecting rod, so that there is no
component of force acting against the
cylinder wall to cause wear. In contrast
to the diaphragm pump (see igure 2),
the swing piston pump has a sealing lip.
Thanks to the sealing lip on the piston
seal the swing piston pump runs dry, and
100% oil-free.
SYSTEMS
Fig. 1: Fig. 2:
swing piston diaphragm pump
PUMP DOWN TIME FOR 20 LITER VESSEL | NPK 018 VACUUM
mbar
min
ACCESSORIES
Description
Silencer/Filter
KNF reserves the right to make technical changes.
Hints on installation and
operation
Install the pump so that the fan can draw
Range of use: Transferring air at tem-
peratures between +5 °C and +40 °C. in suficient cooling air.
Permissible ambient temperature: Fit the pump at the highest point in the
+5 °C ... +40 °C. system, so that condensate cannot
collect in the head of the pump – that
The standard pumps are not suitable for
prolongs working-life.
use in areas where there is a risk of ex-
plosion. In these cases there are other
products in the KNF program – please
ask us for details.
The pumps are not designed to start
against pressure or vacuum; when a
pump is switched on the pressure in
the suction and pressure lines must be
atmospheric. Pumps that start against
pressure or vacuum are available on
request.
To prevent the maximum operating
pressure being exceeded, restriction
or regulation of the air low should only
be carried out in the suction line.
Components connected to the pump
must be designed to withstand the pneu-
matic performance of the pump.
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